Burt Constable
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Soap writer revisits acting days in St. CharlesJun 02, 2011 12:00 am - An Emmy-winning writer who produced decades of soap opera plots finds himself living out a story line in real life that could have been plucked from a TV script. Not onl...
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Far from vanishing, local magicians comfy in herdMay 29, 2011 12:00 am - The three dozen suburban magicians milling about the backroom of Mr. Beef & Pizza in Mount Prospect look as if they could be here to draft their fantasy football teams o...
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An Oprah column for the silent majority in the middleMay 25, 2011 12:00 am - In what has to be some sort of Oprahology record, I believe I am the only person on the planet who has logged more time as an Oprah audience member than I have spent act...
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Education needed when man and beasts share suburbsMay 23, 2011 12:00 am - When the weather heats up and suburbanites come out of their family room hibernations to rediscover the outdoors, we discover that we share our natural habitats with squ...
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Maryville teen escapes harm to pursue dream of being a firefighterMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - Flat on her back and strapped to a gurney after another of her episodes, Shelby Williams opened her eyes and gazed into her future. “I want to be a firefighter,” says Sh...
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Race in the 8th beginsMay 21, 2011 12:00 am - A Hoffman Estates man who finished a close second in the Democratic primary race for Illinois comptroller in 2010 said Saturday he is eying a run for Congress in 2012. R...
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Suburban athletes know pressure of the gameMay 19, 2011 12:00 am - When Derrick Rose and his blue-collar Chicago Bulls lost to the star-studded Miami Heat 85-75 in Wednesday night's physical NBA playoff clash, we saw how quickly the for...
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Suburban tattoo show boasts all the ink that's fit to printMay 14, 2011 12:00 am - At InkFest Live 2011, the international tattoo show playing all weekend in Rosemont, the antiquated notion of “getting a tattoo” is for wimps. Sure, a tattoo artist will...
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Rammstein show like Blue Man with flamethrowersMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - My wife's first teenage concert was Led Zeppelin, and she turned out to be this wonderful, peace-loving, thoughtful adult. So it doesn't seem out of line for us to take ...
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Dogged but civil, Houstoun made muckraking memoriesMay 09, 2011 12:00 am - Back in the days before texting, email and caller I.D. eliminated unexpected conversations, a telephone would ring loudly in the Daily Herald newsroom and some reporter ...